Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1931, Page 17

WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 1 g SUNDAY MORNI @, .NOVEMBER GENERAL NEWS 29, 1931. ELMS DESTROVED, BUT WIDENING, OF \ 1 | “HAPPY STREET S RENOTE East Capitol Project, Held Felling Cause, May Be Delayed for Years. EXCAVATION OF TUNNEL DEFENDED BY ARCHITECT Trees to Be Protected in New Heating Plant Work, Col. Grant Promises. Widening Program The following streets will be widened in years to come, ac cording to present plans E street drom Fifth northwest to North street. ‘Thirteenth street from Massa- chusetts avenue to Rhode Island avenue Eleventh street from Massa- chusetts avenue to Rhode Island avenue. Tenth street from New York avenue to Massachusetts avenue Twelfth street from New York avenue to Massachusetts avenue, Seventeenth street from Penn- sylvania avenue to H street All these widenings are com- pletions of jobe already started There are no plans for any new widenings. street Capitol East Capitol street, where a number ©f half-century old elms have been cut down, spoiling the vista to the Capitol is not scheduled for widening et any time within the next several years, according to a survey of the street-widening program now in the hands of the District government The proposal to widen East Capitol street came from the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which, Jooking into. the future, sees that street es an important artery, not only for traffic, but, for development eastward “Happy Landings” is the title Seated, left to, right costume direc: fellow, POLICE TRANSFERS ORDERED TUESDAY Promoted Officers Will Take New Posts in Person- nel Shift. Orders for the transfer of a half dozen ‘members of the Police Depart- ment were prepared yesterday by In- spector L. I A. Edwards, personnel officer. The changes, marking the cul- mination of the first step in a Poposed extensive personnel reorganization, will become effective Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. of the city’'s important semi-public building program. Destruction of the elm trees by a steam tunnel beneath the sidewalk on East Capitol street has aroused public opinion to considerable indignation, Trees Held Dangerous. ‘The steam tunnel has been defended ‘by David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, ‘who said that it was placed under the sidewalk in line with the proposed ‘widening of East Capitol street. When the tunnel was dug all the roots on the south side of the trees bordering the Library. of Congress grounds be- tween First and Second streets were cut off. District officials after exam- ! ination adjudged the trees not qnly fatally injured, but dangerous to pass- ers by, and had them cut down. Now it develops that the plan for ‘widening East Capitol street, although officially presented by the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission to both the District Commissianers and to the architect of the Capitol, is so far distant in realization that it probably will be years before the street is wid- ened and a new vista reconstructed. Further street widening in the down- town area, and new steam tunnels which are to cut extensively through the Federal building section of the city, will be pushed forward with a due con- | sideration to the value of trees, it was learned last night. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engi neer of the District, for instance, in| explaining what the new street-widen- | ing programs for the future are, said| that conferences are held with Clifford | Lanham, superintendent of trees and! parking, before street-wideriing pro- grams begin. In places of congested traffic, Capt. Whitehurst said. it had been found necessary to sacrifice some trees, but the street widening was being done only where traffic necessitated it. Two Reasons for Delay. In proposing the eventual widening of East Capitol street, Lieut. Col. U. S.{ Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, explaincd yesterday that he understood this street was not on the program for ecarly widening for two Yeasons. The firsi was that the traffic demand was not sufficient to necessitate widening of the street, and the second that the District government’s alloca- tions of appropriations had not yet reached this project. Eventual st Capitol street should be developed to Lelp balance the Fed- | eal city, Col. Grant explained The Park and Planning Commission | does not intend to recommend to Con- | gress the widening of East Capitol | street any time soon, Col. Grant ex- plained Trees in the parks will be protected | when steam tunnels for the new Fed- eral heating plant are cut, Col. Grant said. This new plant is to be erected in the Southwest section between C and D, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Col Grant explained that, underco-opera- tive arrangements with the Treasury | Department. the tunnel will be run where possible to miss valuable trees, | but where it is necessary to go through | the site of a valuable tree, he explained. the tree will be moved and replanted nearby. Much _tree replanting has been done 4 the Mall not far from the Depart- ment of Agriculture grounds, under Col. Grant's direction, during reconstruction of the Mall ‘& its authorized new formal plan. TWO THEFTS CHARGED Colored Man Arres':d—in Robberies From Automobiles. Robert Chambers, colored, 22, of 1421 Eleventh street, was held at the Fourteenth precinct police station last night on two charges of grand larceny, following his arrest by Precinct De- tectives M. K. Reading and R. M. Kirby. According to police, he recently broke into the automobiles of George Hall, 1481 Florida avenue, and Jeremiah Boyd, 1245-A South Capitol street, and stole clothing valued at $220. BANDIT FLEES WITH $5 Man Brandishing Butcher Knife Five of the men involved were pro- moted about 10 days ago to fill vacan- cles created by the retirement of In- spectors Willlam S. Shelby and Louis J. Stoll. Heading the list is Capt. James F. Beckett, commander of the third precinct, who becomes an inspector December 1. The others are: Edward J. Kelly, veteran criminal in- vestigator and assistant chief of the Detective Bureau, who becomes & cap- mander of the third precinct; Lieut. Bernard W. Thompson Who becomes an acting captain; Frank Varney, who be- comes a lieutenant; Sergeant Emil Desh, who becomes a lleutenant, and Pvt. J. M. Larkins, who becomes a sergeant. As an acting captain, Thompson will succeed Kelly as assistant chief of de- tectives, and Varney will take Thomp- son’s position as liaison officer for the Police Department at the Civil Service Commission. Beckett will be shifted to police headquarters to take command of the special liquor and vice squad, relieving Inspector T. R. Bean, who will take command of the first inspection district, a position left vacant by Inspector Stoll's retirement. A number of other changes in as- signments had been contemplated, but will be held in abeyance pending a further personnel study by Brig. Gen. | Pelnam D. Glassford, major and super- | intendent of police. Considerable pres- sure also has been brought to bear on police officials to delay a proposed ex- chxnnge in the commands of two cap- tains, ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FORCED TO MOVE OFFICES Vacates Headquarters Near Octa- gon House, Occupied for 30 Years. The Archaeological Society of Wash- ington. which for 30 years has made its headquarters in or near the Octagon House, Eighteenth street and New York avenue, has been forced to move from the neighborhood through the acquisi- tion by the Federal Government of property there, and will open new of- fices tomorrow on the fifth fioor of the Southern Building The movc also will affect the national headquarters of the Archaeological In- stitute of America and of the illustrat- ed monthly, Art and Archaeology, oper- ated in conjunction with the offices of the local society. The monthly meeting of the society will be held at December 15, With the new pres- ident, Wade H. Ellis, and Mrs. Ellis as hosts. In January Maj. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin will entertain the mem- bers and in February the society will be the guests of Ambassador Sesostris Sid- arouss Pasha of Egypt, on the occasion of his celebration of the birthday of Prince Farooq, the heir to the Egyptian throne. ‘The discussion at the latter entertainment will be devoted to Egypt and the more recent discoveries there. Speakers for the meetings have not been announced. GIRL STRUCK BY MAN Police Seek Assailant of 16-Year- 0ld in Takoma Park, Md. Thirteenth precinct police last night broadcast a lookout for an unidentified man, believed to e between 25 and 35 years old, who struck a 16-year-old girl in Takoma Park, Md. The man, shabbily dressed and weighing about 140 pounds, attackéd the girl as she was sitting on a bench in the Takoma Park playground, knock- ing her to the ground. She ran to & nearby house and telephoned police. HERNDON WOMAN DIES Mrs. Annie J. Trenary, 69, died at her home, in Herndon, Va., yesterday after a short 1llness. She is survived by her husband, J. Francis Trenrary, and five children, Mrs. Robert Flynn, Mrs. W. L. Jackson, Frank Trenary, Mrs. Robert Johnes and Mrs. Robs Grocer, Victim Tells Police. Forced into a rear room of his store by & colored man brandishing a butcher knife, Lewis Gilman, 1100 Twenty-first street, was robbed of $5 last night. According to police, the colored man walked into the store, picked up a knife from the counter and threatened to strike Gilman. The colored man reached-in the cash drawer, took the money and ran, Police were furnished with his de- James Downs. Funeral services will be held at the residence today at 2 o'clock. Burial | will be in Herndon Cemetery. B'nai B'rith to Hear Bloom. Representative Sol Bloom of New York and Dr. I. M. Rubinow. executive secretary of B'nai B'rith, will be guest speakers at the meetings of Arsn Lodge of B'nal B'rith in the Je Com- munity Center December 1 &t o'clock, _ — George Wells, De Vane, business manager; Daniel Beattie, general director: C: Standing: Mildred Burnham, publicity chairman scenery director, and Christine Spignul, tain and will succeed Beckett as com- | the Willard Hotel | LANDINGS” WILL OPEN DECEMBER 10. EORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY students who are handling the details of the annual musical comedy, to be presented by the university Troubadours in the McKinley Auditorium December 10, 11 and 12. of the play. manager: Ruth olyn Brasch, Dean Long- Ecmonston Photo. “‘company” dance director POLICE T0 LAUNCH ~ SIGNS' CAMPAICN l i s ‘;New Regulations Requiring ‘ Permits Will Become Effective Tomorrow. A police drive to remove hundreds of miscellaneous advertising signs of the “tack and hammer” type and posters in the windows of vacani buildings will be started this week under the recently promulgated sign reguiations for the District of Columbia, which become ef- fective tomorrow Prior to enforcing the penalties pro- vided in the regulations, the District Sign Committee met with Maj. Donald A. Davison, acting Engineer Commis- | sioner, and considered various phasas |of the outdoor advertising situation, | Representatives of the three billboard companies also met with them and agreed to co-operate in removing un- authorized billboards from the streels. “Nothing will be gained by the new | sign law and regulations unless active | co-operation of the Police Department |is given,” Roland M. Brennan, chief | clerk of the Engineer Department, and a member of the committee who has been most active in preparing the reg- ulations, announced yesterday. “Constant vigilance js accessary to be exercised to prevent erection and display of unlawful signs. The ‘police- man on the beat is in a better position than anybody else to detect new signs and to assure himself that such signs are erected or displayed under author- ity of duly authorized permits. The marking of signs with the permit num- ber and date of permit will aid police- men in detecting unlawful signs.” Law Effective Tomorrow. | The 30-day period following the pub- | lication of the regulations expires today | but owing to the fact that it is Sun- | day, the regulations will not become en- | forceable until tomorrow. Permits for signs are required. | “"Notice was given by the Sign Com- | mittee that the regulations empower the District Commissioners to revoke any permit for cause. Approximately 2,500 printed copies of the new regulations will be issued to the Police Department so that each policeman will have a copy. Inspector Lewis I. H. Edwards, who is & member | of the Sign Committee, will cover the regulations in his daily police bulletins, He also has issued orders that instruc- | tions be given policemen in enforcing | the regulations at the sessions of the | police school. Coples already have been. distributed to many business firms. The commit- tee is having small metal markers made at the Occoguan Workhouse to give to the billboard companies, it was sald, for attaching to boards which have been duly authorized. In the case of wall | signs, the permit numbers will be paint- ed on them. Although the law permitted one month's period of grace to enable the public to become acquainted with the provisions of the regulations and take | necessary steps to comply with them, it is not expected that any rigid en- forcement will be applied jmmediately. The list of authorized billboards will not be available for police until tomor- row, at least, and the police themselves | will’ require ‘time to familiarize tbem- selves with the regulations. Will Assign Inspector. | Wade Coombs. superintendent of li- censes, was notified by the committee to take steps to sce that all persons engaged in the painting, erection or | maintaining of signs are properly li- | censed. Other details must be worked | out. | 1t is proposed to assign a chief in- | spector of signs in the office of the building inspector and to designate also | field inspectors in the various distri | The ‘chief inspector will co-ordinate with the police. Inspection of signs, however, will be subordinated to the regular tasks of the building inspector’s | office. | Mr. Brennan said that the General Outdoor Advertising Co. had agreed to take down some of its boards in the so-called Shipstead zones bordering.on public parks during the present month, instead of taking advantage of the longer period allowed under the regula- tions. The Morton Advertising Co., he said, “has co-operated all along the line,” despite the fact that it will lose about 35 per cent of its billboards in the city. ‘The committee is anxious to order | the removal of “tack and hammer signs from buildings and garages at the earliest possible opportumity. Police have been given special instructions about these assorted signs which are banned under the regulation. Broperty | owners were urged to lend their co- | operation. Girl Reserves Will Use Them for Gifts to Orphans. An appeal for discarded toys, books and games to be used as “gifts from Santa Claus” to the poor children of Washington was . made today by the Girl Reserves of the Young Women's Christian Association. Nearly 6,000 children in the city’s orphan asylums, hospitals, missions and settlement houses expect to receive toys through the Girl Reserves and the Couneil of Social Agencies and the de- mand is far greater than the present 10 the Gjrl Reseryes. SECOND BRUTALITY PROSECUTION WILL | START WEDNESDAY Detective R. J. Barrett Faces Assault Charge in T-Shoppe Slaying Probe. CONVICTED PAIR’S APPEAL TERM ENDS TOMORROW Mostyn and Laflin, Awaiting Sen- tence, Are Liable to Year in Jail and $500 Fine. The second of the series of police “brutality” trials resulting from the Department of Justice expose of third degree activities in Washington will begin this week, when Hesdquarters Detective Robert J. Barrett goes to trial before a jury in Criminal Division 1, District Supreme Court. Two precinct detectives who were convicted last week on third degree charges are awaiting sentence by Jus- | tice James M. Proctor. A four-day period granted their attorneys for ar- ranging an appeal will expire tomorrow. ‘The maximum sentence to which the pair, James A. Mostyn and William R. Laflin, are liable is a year in jail and a fine of $500. The court can limit the punishment to a jail term or to the fine, To Be Tried Wednesday. Barrett, suspended member of the homicide squad of the Detective Bu- reau, will be tried Wednesday on a charge of “simple assault” growing out of his investigation of the murder of Elizabeth Jaynes, cashier of the Garden T Shoppe, on Columbia road, near Eighteenth' street. The October grand jury, information obtained by of Investigation, indicted Barrett and 16 other members of the police force on brutality charges. According to the indictment against Barrett, the detective is accused of a fistic assault on George B. Baber, whom he approached as a suspect in the Jaynes murder case. Baber was exonerated of any connection with the shooting. The Government, through Assistant United States Attorney Julian I. Rich- ards, will endeavor to show that Bar- rett walted in Baber’s room the Marne Apartment for the latter's re- turn, and that when the ‘“suspect” came in his apartment, he was beaten, allegedly by Barrett, in the presence of several other officers. The attack is alleged to have occurred on_April 6 of this year. It is said the prosecution will call a number of civilian witnesses, including one alleged eye-witness, Mallon Mil- burn, & friend of Baber. The manager of the Marne Apartment house also is expected to be an important witness for the Government. Intimidation Charged. A sensational sidelight of the Barrett case was the arrest by Department of Justice agents of two men who were charged with attempting to intimidate Baber. One of these men, Cecil Mason, vas indicted by the grand jury for “‘obstructing justice” after he had plead- ed guilty to such a charge before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turn- age. Mason was alleged to have repre- sented himself as a friend of Barrett and to have suggested to Baber that he “go easy” on the detective in his testimony. Baber subsequently was placed under guard and has been kept under close surveillance by Government agents to protect him from “trouble.” He will be the Government's star witness against Barrett. George Sorber, another of those named by the grand jury, also will be tried this week. Sorber will face a jury in Criminal Division 2. The date for opening of Sorber’s trial will depend acting on on developments in the appeal of Mos- ! tyn and Laflin, as James A, O'Shea is representing the defense in both cases. Sorber was accused of beating Arthur T. Paul on August 1, last. Mostyn and Laflin face another trial before the Police Trial Board. It is expected Policeman William T. Bur- roughs and William C. Grooms, acquit- ted by the jury which convicted Mostyn and Lafiin, will be restored to the force without trial by the police board. MAN HURT IN DUAL UPSET Collision of Auto and Truck Turns Both Over and Injures Him. George T. Penny, 40, High Point, N. C., was treated at Emergency Hospital for cuts on the forehead and arms after an automobile in which he was riding collided with a truck at Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue. Both machines overturned. Penny was riding in a car operated by G. Balis Kinslow, 29, Silver Spring, Md., when it was struck by a truck driven by Curtis Santmyer, 18, Fort Myer Heights, Va. An unidentified woman riding in Kinslow's machine also was slightly in- jured, according to police. YULE LIGHTS ON TUESDAY Reichelderfer to Officiate at 7th Street Lighting. Christmas lighting on Seventh street will be officially turned on Tuesday night by Commissioner Reichelderfer in behalf of the Seventh Street Busi- ness Men's Association. The street will be lighted from G to K streets. Cabby Who Ejected Fare Bent on Long 20-Cent Ride Fined A taxi driver was fined $5 in Police Court yesterday for re- fusing to accept a fare. A section of the police regula- ticns which has had little or no use in recent years was dug from the books to bring Taxi Driver John L. Dorsch, 27, to court after a policeman had ar- rested him on complaint of the would-be passenger. Police said Dorsch responded to a pedestrian’s whistle near the ‘Willard Hotel, but when the man asked to be taken to Wisconsin avenue and Macomb street, Dorsch refused to take him. The passenger was told to get out of the cab. Dorsch pleaded that he had had several “long hauls” in suc- cession Friday, having lost money on each, so when this man asked to be taken to the limit of the 20-cent sone he didn't feel like “taking it on the chin any more” ° the Bureau | Lee Relics to Help Buy Stratf ord EXHIBIT HERE TO SHOW TREASURES OF FAMOUS VIRGINIA FAMILY. Above: The room at Stratford, ances- | tral home of the Lee family of Virginia, where Gen. Robert E. Lee was born. ‘The small bed at the end of the four- poster is the “trundle bed” in which Lee slept as a baby. Below: Richard Henry Lee, son of. Mr. and Mrs. Casenove Lee, jr. and Cary T. Grayson. jr., standing beneath a portrait of Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Lee child is a direct descendant of the famous Colonial gentleman whose name he bears, and the lineal ancestors of both boys were the first Senators from Virginia. = Many interesting possessions of the Lee family will be exhibited here Decem- ber 9 and 10 at the Textile Museum to raise funds for the purchase of Strat- ford. The Robert E. Lee Foundation proposes to make the house a national | shrine. | | DISCREET procession of black, conservatively piloted automo- | biles moves toward Washington. The cars come from Virginia, | Maryland and rarely from | more distant points. On the com- | fortable upholstery sit gentle ladies, gingerly holding a silver plate, a piece of lace encased in glass, a faded docu- ment mounted and framed. Beside certain of the ladies are gen- tlemen of portly or rugged mien, bear- | ing more warlike and masculine in- | struments, Between their knees may ryest an embossed saber—a fleld offi- | Ccer's telescope. Some will be seen to | clasp, perhaps reminiscently, & julep cup of ancient design. | These objects are Lee relics, treas- | ured by descendants of the Lee family | of Virginia as memorabilia of the proud, historic legend of their ances- try. Every chair and portrait, de- canter and Bible, which once graced the home of a Colonial, a Revolution- ary, a pre or post Civil War is now as much insured as reveres by} the contemporary Lees. Heirlooms Put to Use. But the indolent life of a guarded heirloom is interrupted for the mo- ment. These objects are again called forth into service. This time theirs will be an unaccustomed utility, for they are to be brought to Washington for public exhibition. As the object of the display is to assist in raising funds for the purchase and restoration of Stratford, home of Lees from 1729 to the middle of the last century, this sally from retirement will not violate the sanctities of heirloomish gentility. To the scene of this exhibit, then, is directed willingly the steady march of Lee relatives and Lee antiquities. A group of interested persons, recog nizing that Stratford might be conse crated appropriately to the commemo- ration of a great American family, and, more particularly, its highly distin- guished member, Gen. Robert E. Lee, formed the Robert E. Lee Foundation. The organization proposed to purchase the mansion, rehabilitate its gardens and convert it into an historical shrine. It was estimated that $115,000 would complete the purchase and renovation of the estate. The United Daughters of the Confederacy promptly pledged $50,000 of this sum, on condition that that foundation is able to obtain the remaining $65,000 by July, 1932. ‘Will Display Treasured Relios. Hoping to expedite the success of the project, the Washington Stratford Com- | mittee has planned an exhibition of in- | teresting articles assoclated with the | Lee family and with other famous Vir- | ginia personages and estates. The show will be held at the Textile Museum, 2230 S stitet, on December 9 and 10. The collection of exhibits will be in charge of Catherine NcCook Knox, Frick Gallery expert on early American painting, while the committee sponsor- | ing the occasion includes Mrs. William Eustis, Mrs, Cazenove Lee, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs, Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, Mrs. Montgomery Blair, jr., and David Edward Finley. Stratford lies south of Wakefield, Va., in line with a series of noted Virginia estates scattered along the banks of the Potomac. Great land tracts and houses | owned by the Fairfaxes, Washingtons, Carters and others belong to this array of Colonial splendor. The names Ken- more, Marmion and Sabine Hall suggest much of the character of their builders. A trip to visit the Lee shrine will not, therefore, be a journey to an' isolated object of interest, but will bring the historically minded into the Elysian fields of American history. The Lee mansion has been well kept since it passed from the family’s pos- session, although its gardens no longer are mairtained as originally planned. Inspection of the place reveals, how- ever, need for little of the expensive “restoration” usually required to con- dition a structure of its age. The prin- cipal task will be the re-establishment of the beautiful orchids and flower beds which once graced its lands. House Has Tragic History. 1t Stratford is bought by the Robert E. Lee Foundation, it will be. curiously enough, the first time the house has been sold since its erection over two ! centuries ago. The explanation of this fact is & tragic one. Maj. Henry Lee, elder brother of Robert E., was the last of the family to make his home there, Robert E. Lee was born in the house, resided there in childhood, but after he went to West Point never lived in it again. P(')r in the intervening period Maj. Lee's young daughter was accidentally killed at Stratford. She fell down the long stairway which descends from the grounds down the bluffs to the banks of the Potomac. Saddened by this loss, Maj. Lee relinquished ownership of the place to the Stuart family and departed for Algiers. From that time the same family has occupied the house, the present owner being Charles Edward Stuart. Robert E. Lee was deprived of his ancestral home by this occurrence. Nevertheless a profound impression was made upon him by his few years there and he had a deep affection for the place. During the Civil War he wrote to his mother: “They cannot take away the remem- brance of the spot and the memories of those that to us rendered it sacred. That will remain io us as long as life will last, and that we can preserve.” Built by Thomas Lee in 1725-29. The earlier life of Stratford suggests its historical importance as a home of more than one great American. It was built in 1725-29 by Thomas Lee, grand. son of Richard Lee the Emigrant, the first Lee to come to this country is known in family genealogy. ‘Thomas, later the first American- born governor of Virginia, married Hannah Ludwell, a wealthy young lady who agreed in the terms of her mar- riage contract to loan her husband 600 pounds sterling, to be returned by his estate in the event of his death. This contract, dated 1722, is now owned by Mrs. W. J. Booth, lineal descendant of Thomas Lee. It will, incidentally, be among the exhibits here. ; Although 600 pounds was a consid- erable sum in that day, Thomas did not atempt to establish a great estate with it. Three years later he obtained from Queen Caroline the funds with which Stratford was built. Thorugh the succeeding years an and their families resided there. In Revolutionary days, Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of In- dependence, the man who moved its ted with carrying it through, lived on (he estate. Among his other distinc- tio was election as one of the first palr of Senators from Virginia. “Light Horse Harry” Used House. Thomas Ludwell Lee, another signer of the Declaration; famed “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, and others are also numbered among the former occupants of the house. Objects related to the careers of each ope of these gentlemen will be seen at the Washington display. Leeportraits glass ware and furniture, books and documents owned by the family will be brought here. . Among other things there will be “Light Horse Harry” Lee's family Bible. In it Anne Hill Carter Lee, mother of Robert, inscribed the record of her son’s birth, on January 15, 1808. The book is now the property of “Light dolph Lee of Windsor, Va. Of exceptional interest to lovers of John W. Davidge, great-grandson of “Light Horse Harry” Lee's brother— Stratford Committee. These relics are a Sheffield urn and candleabra, two Heppelwhite side chairs and a Duncan Phyfe table. . Wiil Show Jefferson Cups. Although the exhibit will be domi- nated by Lee heirlooms, numerous ar- ticles associated with famous contem- poraries of Lee generations also will oe shown. For example, Gen. Jefferson Ran- which was one of the several Thomas Jefferson had made from silver pre- sented to him by his one-time teacher, Professor Wythe. Whythe, scholar and | lawyer, during his lifetime also taught | John Marshall, James Monroe and | Henry Clay. The Jefferson cups, Gen. Kean sug- gests with some irony, doubtless were | used by Virginia gentlemen as water unbroken line of illustrious gentlemen | adoption and whose politics were credi- | by early American artists, silver, plate. | Horse Harry's” grandson, Robert Ran- | the antique will be five objects which | Richard Bland Lee—will loan to the | dolph Kean will send a silver cup | decanter stood on the sideboard at Sabine Hall, a Carter estate, also bears out this theory of eighteenth century social customs. A telescope through which Jefferson watched Tarleton's raiders approach Monticello likewise will be loaned by | Gen. Kean. It is known that the author >f the Declaration remained at his house | until the last minute before British raiders descended upon it. He then made his escape through the woods on horseback. Just before Jefferson galloped off to safety, he placed his cherished silver under a loose plank in_the front porch of Monticello. His old body servant stayed behind, standing on this plank as the Red Coats approached. Fascinated and amused by the darky's conversation, they failed to notice his immobility, and passed on into the house. They never discovered the cache. TWO AUTO VICTIMS DIE FROM INJURIES | Fractured Skull Is Fatal to Street Car Conductor—Woman | | | Succumbs. Two victims of recent traffic accidents | —Andrew Gravatt, 31-year-old con- ductor for the Washington Railway & Electric Co., and Mary Jane Tate, col- ored, 30, of 31-A M streét southwest, —died at Casualty Hospital Friday night. Gravatt, who lived at 3000 Foote street northeast, suffered a fractured skull early Friday when an automo- bile operated by Wilson N. Krahnke, 25, of 1734 Irving street, knocked him down while he was throwing a switch in front of the Columbia car barns on Benning road northeast. The driver of the car, who was ar- rested on a charge of bad brakes and held pending the outcome of Gravatt's injuries, was released in custody of his attorney shortly after the conductor’s death. An inquest was being held this | afternoon at the District Morgue. The Tate woman was hurt last Sun- day in an automobile accident on the Fort Washington road near Marshall Hall, Md. DRUGGIST IS INJURED; DRIVER BEING HELD | Victim Struck While Waiting One | Car and Is Knocked in Path | of Another. Calvin C. Baxter, 22, of 803 Emerson street, arrested on a charge of reckless driving following an accident Friday in which Dr. W. F. Mattingly, druggist, of 1643 Newton street, was sericusly in- jured, was held under $500 bond in Police Court yesterday for jury trial. Police said Baxter's machine struck Dr. Mattingly as he was about to board a street car in front of his drug store on Cclumbia and Ontario roads. He was knocked across the path of one street car in front of one coming in the opposite direction. The second car was halted within a few inches frcm the prostrate man. ‘Taken to Garfield in Baxter's ma- chine, Dr. Mattingly was found to have suffered a fractured skull and concus- sion of the bral glasses. The discovery of worn floor boards in front of the spot Wigg &) in. Baxter will be tried in Police Court December 18. COURTS BULDING INCENTERPROGRAM WILL BE DELAYED D. C. Heads Seek New Financial Arrangements to Escape Complications. TREASURY AGAINST ADVANCING FUNDS Legislation May Be Required and Full Information Will Be Given Congress. Construction of the courts building, the first unit planned for the municipal center area, will be delayed until the Commissioners work out a new arrange- ment for financing the $6,000,000 proj- ect, it was disclosed yesterday at the District Building. In the meantime, acquisition of all property in the four-square area will be completed, the site will be graded and new sewer and water mains will be installed. Postponement of construction of the courts building, it was said, is due to recent complications which precluded the Treasury Department from advanc- ing to the District Government approx- imately $5,000,000 the Federal Govern- ment had been asked to pay for the District Building. Fund for Coutts Building. ‘The current District appropriation act contains $1,500,000 for beginning construction of the courts building. This appropriation, it was declared, was predicated on an advance from the Treasury. Negotiations with the ‘Treasury reached a point where it was believed the money would soon be available, and plans were made to proceed with con- struction of the building. Legal ex- | perts at the Treasury, however, blocked these plans with opinions that legisla- tion would be necessary befére the money could be advanced. The total cost of the courts building is Jimited in the District appropriation act to $6,000,000. The initial approp- riation, now available, it was pointed out, would do no more than provide a start on the building. ther vised of the sit- mumg%&mm at the District even though legisiation is asked to authorize an advancement frcm the Federal Government, there is little likelihood of its approval at this time. due to the existing financial con- dition >f the National Treasury. The only other alternative thus far ad- vanced, is to finance the project out of current revenues. Congress First to Be Told. ‘The Commissioners, however, do not propose to decide on any plan until Congress is fully informed of the per- Eo"open The-discussion during heesines 0 open the on on the 1933 appropriation bill before a\e House subcommittee on appropria- ions, ‘The courts building, when comp! will house the Municipal, Pollcekm Juvenile Courts, and the office of the recorder of deeds. This bullding is to be followed by a general administration Eal‘l’lgoh";l, estimated to cost about $10,- With the funds now available for be- ginning construction on the courts building, the District, it was said, could award a contract for laying the founda- tion, but purchase of the remaining land in the area and grading of the property will be done instead, because of the puzzling financing problem, Y. M. C. A, TO SEND 35 TO CONFERENCE Capital Delegation to Attend Ses- sion for Older Boys at Hagers- town Dec. 4, 5 and 6. A delegation of about 35 Washington youths will represent local organizations at the ninth annual interstate older boys’ conference of the Y. M. C. A. at Hagerstown, Md., December 4, 5 and 6, according to an announcement by J. C. Ingram, Boys’ Department director of the Washington Y. M. C. A. ‘Topics for discussion at the confer- ence are “How to Know God,” “How to Choose the Right Life Work” and “How to Choose the Right Life Mate.” Ad- dresses on these subjects will be de- livered by Dr. Boyd Edwards, president of the Mercersburg Academy, and C. C. Robinson of New York, an officer of the altlml ‘Vocational Guidance Associa- on, The local contingent will be led by Director Ingram and two of his asso- ciates, John F. Bergner and Marinus DeGast. The conference has been ar- ranged by the Y. M. C. A. Interstate Committee and the Older Boys’ Council of the Y. M. C. A. in Maryland, Dela- ware and the District of Columbia. Hugh A. Thrift of this city is chairman of the Interstate Committee and James Thompson of Baltimore is president of the council. Local members of the | council are Albert Muehlaus and Wil- iam Furmage, jr. The delegates will represent local Hi-Y clubs, Boy Scout troops, church groups, fraternal organizations e=w other bodles. 3 T. F. CAMERON IS WED Assistant Corporation Counsel Mar- ries Miss Marie Greer. Thomas F. Cameron, assistant eor- poration counsel, and Miss Marie Gresr were married at 6:30 o'clock last night at St. Paul's Catholic Church. The ceremony was performed by Father Gregory. Mr. Cameron has been an assistant corporation counsel for about four years. His bride was an employe of the Heurich Real Estate Co. e g AUTO IN TRIPLE CRASH Driver Slightly Hurt in Collision ‘With Street Car. Eugene E Ditto, 9, of 3032 Q street, was slightly injured late yesterday when his automobile was caught in between ‘two street cars in a triple collision at Twenty-eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue, He was removed to Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital, where he was treated for cuts. *